CATALEPSY

[cat.a.lep.sy] n, pl -sies [ME catalempsi, fr. ML catalepsia, fr. LL catalepsis, fr. Gk katalepsis, lit., act of seizing, fr. katalambanein to seize, fr. kata- + lambanein to take--more at latch] (14c): a condition of suspended animation and loss of voluntary motion in which the limbs remain in whatever position they are placed -- cat.a.lep.tic adj or n -- cat.a.lep.ti.cal.ly adv